1、bulldoze

（用推土機）鏟平，推倒

She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket.

她打敗了那些想推倒她家房屋興建超市的開發商們。

（用推土機）推平，清除

Last week, the department's road builders began to bulldoze a water meadow on Twyford Down.

上個星期，這個部門的筑路機開始將特懷福德丘陵地帶的浸水草甸推平。

強行通過（計劃等）；強迫（某人做某事）

The party in power planned to bulldoze through a full socialist programme.

執政黨打算強制推行一個全面的社會主義方案。

The coalition bulldozed the resolution through the plenary session.

政黨聯盟強行使該項決議在全體會議上通過。

2、contract

合同;契約

The company won a prestigious contract for work on Europe's tallest building.

這家公司贏得了一份極為重要的合同，參與建設歐洲最高的大廈。

He was given a seven-year contract with an annual salary of $150,000.

他簽下了一份為期7年的合同，年薪為15萬美元。

簽合同，訂立契約(做某事)

You can contract with us to deliver your cargo.

你可以跟我們簽訂送貨合同。

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has already contracted to lease part of its collection to a museum in Japan.

波士頓美術博物館已經簽訂合同，將其部分藏品租借給日本一家博物館。

(使)收縮;(使)縮小;(使)縮短

Blood is only expelled from the heart when it contracts.

血液在心臟收縮的時候從心臟流出。

New research shows that an excess of meat and salt can contract muscles.

新的研究表明，過量食用肉類和鹽可能會導致肌肉收縮。